Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm that in a letter that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent to Amr ibn Hazm it said that no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pure.Translation Not Available

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as-Sakhtayani from Muhammad ibn Sirin that Umar ibn al-Khattab was withsome people who were reciting Qur'an. He went to relieve himself andthen came back and recited Qur'an. One of the men said to him, "Amiral muminin, are you reciting the Qur'an without being in wudu?" Umarreplied, "Who gave you a verdict on this? Was it Musaylima?"'Translation Not Available

Yahya related to me from Malik from Dawud ibn al-Husayn from al-Araj from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari that Umar ibn al Khattab said,"Whoever misses reading his hizb at night and reads it from when thesun has passed the meridian until the dhuhr prayer has not missed it,or it is as if he has caught it."Translation Not Available

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "OnceMuhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban and I were sitting down, and Muhammadcalled a man over to him and said to him, 'Tell me what you have heardfrom your father.' The man replied that his father had told him thathe went to Zayd ibn Thabit and asked him, 'What do you think ofreciting the whole Qur'an in seven days?' Zayd said, 'That's good,but I prefer to recite it in two weeks, or ten days. Ask me why thatis.' He said, 'I ask you then.' Zayd said, 'So that I can reflect onit and pause in it.' "Translation Not Available

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari said that he had heard Umaribn al-Khattab say, "I heard Hisham ibn Hakim ibn Hizam reciting Suratal-Furqan (Sura 25) differently from me, and it was the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who had recited it tome. I was about to rush up to him but I granted him a respite until hehad finished his prayer. Then I grabbed him by his cloak and took himto the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,and said, 'Messenger of Allah, I heard this man reciting Surat al-Furqan differently from the way you recited it to me.' The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Let him go.'Then he said, 'Recite, Hisham,' and Hisham recited as I had heard himrecite. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, 'It was sent down like that.' Then he said to me,'Recite' and I recited the sura, and he said, 'It was sent down likethat. This Qur'an was sent down in seven (different) ways, so recitefrom it whatever is easy for you .' "Translation Not Available

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umarthat the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,said, "A man who knows the Qur'an well is like a man who has a hobbledcamel. If he takes care of it, he keeps it, and if he lets it go, itgets away."Translation Not Available